McHugh v. Trinity Building Co.

This is a bill by vendees to rescind a land contract, alleged to have been induced by false representations, and have a vendee’s lien for payments made. Rescission was denied, but an award of damages decreed and credited upon the contract.

Defendant Northwestern Investment Company, assignee of the vendor, prosecutes this appeal. The land contract, was executed January 16, 1928, with plaintiffs, vendees, and the Trinity Building Company, vendor, and the same day assigned by the vendor to defendant Northwestern Investment Company.

The house was built upon swamp ground, the building was improperly…